New York A 2441: Relates to the confidentiality and expungement of records in juvenile delinquency cases in the family court

Status: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.89 (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2441

Sponsors: Andrew Hevesi, Al Taylor, Amy Paulin, Catalina Cruz, Chris Burdick, Demond Meeks, Eddie Gibbs, Emily Gallagher, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Jo Anne Simon, Larinda Hooks, Latrice Walker, Linda Rosenthal, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Rebecca Seawright, Robert C. Carroll, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Sarah Clark, Sarahana Shrestha, Steven Raga, Tony Simone, Yudelka Tapia, Zohran Mamdani

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A02441 Summary:

BILL NOA02441 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03048

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Tapia, Rosenthal, Bichotte Hermelyn, Paulin, Clark, Gibbs, Carroll R, Raga,
 Mamdani, Simone, Meeks, Simon, Forrest, Taylor, Seawright, Shrestha, Cruz, Gallagher, Walker,
 Burdick, Hooks

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §301.5, amd §§354.1, 375.1, 375.2, 381.2 & 381.3, Fam Ct Act

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Relates to the confidentiality and expungement of records in juvenile delinquency cases in the family court; requires certain records to be expunged automatically.

Go to top A02441 Actions:

BILL NOA02441 

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01/17/2025referred to children and families

05/20/2025reported referred to codes

05/28/2025reported referred to rules

05/29/2025reported 

05/29/2025rules report cal.299

05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.299

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.89

Go to topA02441 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Chair:Hevesi 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:11/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes HevesiAyeMaherNay

DavilaAyePirozzoloNay

AndersonAyeJensenNay

ClarkAyeBolognaNay

LunsfordAyeMolitorNay

MeeksAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

MitaynesAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LasherExcused

WiederAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:15/6 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

SimonAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAbsent

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/29/2025AYE/NAY:18/9 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineExcused

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA02441 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02441 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2441

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, TAPIA, ROSENTHAL,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, PAULIN, CLARK, GIBBS, R. CARROLL, RAGA, MAMDANI,
 SIMONE, MEEKS, SIMON, FORREST, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the confidentiality
 and expungement of records in juvenile delinquency cases in the family
 court

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The family court act is amended by adding a new section
 2 301.5 to read as follows:
 3 § 301.5. Confidentiality of juvenile delinquency records. 1. "Juvenile
 4 delinquency record" refers to the records, reports and information main-
 5 tained in any form, including electronic, by the family court, juvenile
 6 probation, the presentment agency, state criminal justice information
 7 systems, law enforcement agencies or any other public servant document-
 8 ing the juvenile's contact with the juvenile justice system from the
 9 time of investigation and arrest.
 10 2. The following records, reports, and information acquired or gener-
 11 ated in family court, juvenile probation or by arrests concerning juve-
 12 niles shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection nor
 13 released to any person, department, agency, or entity:
 14 (a) Juvenile legal files, including but not limited to:
 15 (i) Juvenile delinquency petitions;
 16 (ii) Adolescent offender petitions if the action is transferred or
 17 removed to family court pursuant to article seven hundred twenty-two of
 18 the criminal procedure law;
 19 (iii) Juvenile offender petitions if the action is removed to family
 20 court pursuant to article seven hundred twenty-five of the criminal
 21 procedure law;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00056-01-5

 A. 2441 2

 1 (iv) Predisposition reports, including probation investigatio

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